Pansies? Or are they just rational?

THIS JUST IN:

So, although Harvard undergrads get no mercy from administrators (read: we’re expected to journey to class amidst a weather-pocalypse (no more a snow-pocalypse because it’s effing raining out)), other Harvard affiliated persons have gotten more lucky. Libraries have closed, offices have closed, and a few classes have been canceled. Not bad, right?

Here’s the kicker. ALL CLASSES ARE CANCELED TODAY AT THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.

Yeah, the future doctors get the day off and yet we undergrads are expected to trudge to our GenEd and Core classes. We’re not saving any lives here. In fact, we’re risking our own as we practically swim through the 6+in puddles of water and slush.

It’s a doozy out there. Has the College Administration not canceled classes with the hopes that the weather will produce bumped and broken students test subjects for the resting HMS students? Is this the plan? Conspiracy theorists back me up here.

Uh, it's today.

Doesn't this image scream "executive producer"?

The CW, that inexhaustible source of dubiously acted teen dramas, has green-lighted HMS, a new medical drama about Harvard Medical School which is supposed to “put a younger twist on ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’” And! As if this description isn’t! Exciting! Enough! Hayden Panettiere of Heroes is signed on as a producer for the show.

So, what could they possibly include in this show? We’ve come up with a few plot ideas: Read the rest of this entry »